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Disasters and Democracy: The Politics of Extreme Natural Events
Disasters and Democracy The Politics of Extreme Natural Events
Author: Rutherford H. Platt, Miriam Gradie Anderson, Alexandra D. Dawson, Jessica Spelke Jansujwicz, Ute J. Dymon, K. Beth O'Donnell, Claire B. Rubin, David Scherf
In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of "major disasters" has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disasters or is it making matters worse? Does it remo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781559636964
ISBN-10: 1559636963
Publication Date: 5/1/1999
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Island Press
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